To keep the wheels turnin' we've got to keep the engines churnin'.

Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Buddhists, Meet Bootists

The corner of Josephine and Berryman streets in Berkeley. The Three Buddhas pickup is one we see parked in the neighborhood, and in fact the firm seems to have had a very long-running remodeling job going on around the corner from where the picture was taken. I've seen cars booted by the half-dozen in Chicago, but rarely here in Berkeley. Given the general laxity regarding parking in most residential neighborhoods here -- I've had a cop refuse to ticket someone who had parked partway across my driveway on the grounds that it was still possible to get a vehicle past it -- I always wonder what someone had to do to wind up with their wheels locked. Probably, they've picked up tickets in some of the commercial districts where enforcement has been known to be on the zealous side. (Credit for the headline goes to Kate Gallagher.)

Comments

Buddhists, Meet Bootists

The corner of Josephine and Berryman streets in Berkeley. The Three Buddhas pickup is one we see parked in the neighborhood, and in fact the firm seems to have had a very long-running remodeling job going on around the corner from where the picture was taken. I've seen cars booted by the half-dozen in Chicago, but rarely here in Berkeley. Given the general laxity regarding parking in most residential neighborhoods here -- I've had a cop refuse to ticket someone who had parked partway across my driveway on the grounds that it was still possible to get a vehicle past it -- I always wonder what someone had to do to wind up with their wheels locked. Probably, they've picked up tickets in some of the commercial districts where enforcement has been known to be on the zealous side. (Credit for the headline goes to Kate Gallagher.)